Comments on: “In my mind it is unconscionable to not monetize the Wikipedia” http://www.mulley.net/2006/10/29/in-my-mind-it-is-unconscionable-to-not-monetize-the-wikipedia/ Invisible people have invisible rights Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: pwurple http://www.mulley.net/2006/10/29/in-my-mind-it-is-unconscionable-to-not-monetize-the-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-76915 pwurple Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:14:31 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1674#comment-76915 With money comes a responsibility for content. Wikipedia's beauty is that you take everything with a grain of salt. Take the pages on irish towns and cities at the moment. Graffiti is all it can be called. See the ballincollig pages for a good example. I know we don't have the online population to police our wikipedia presence, and that's fine... but advertisers expect bang for their buck. I wouldn't want to see wikipedia damaged or limited by financial commitments or legal constraints. With money comes a responsibility for content. Wikipedia’s beauty is that you take everything with a grain of salt. Take the pages on irish towns and cities at the moment. Graffiti is all it can be called. See the ballincollig pages for a good example.

I know we don’t have the online population to police our wikipedia presence, and that’s fine… but advertisers expect bang for their buck. I wouldn’t want to see wikipedia damaged or limited by financial commitments or legal constraints.

]]> By: Mark http://www.mulley.net/2006/10/29/in-my-mind-it-is-unconscionable-to-not-monetize-the-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-76889 Mark Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:07:34 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1674#comment-76889 They've monitised FireFox. That search bar people fire queries into, that generates Mozilla Corp (A for profit entity) tens of millions per year and it's pretty unintrusive as a revenue generator. Ultimately Wikipedia can decide what it wants to do, but with Wikipedia's user volume it doesn't have to look like NASCAR if it doesn't want to. They’ve monitised FireFox. That search bar people fire queries into, that generates Mozilla Corp (A for profit entity) tens of millions per year and it’s pretty unintrusive as a revenue generator.

Ultimately Wikipedia can decide what it wants to do, but with Wikipedia’s user volume it doesn’t have to look like NASCAR if it doesn’t want to.

]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://www.mulley.net/2006/10/29/in-my-mind-it-is-unconscionable-to-not-monetize-the-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-76863 Bernie Goldbach Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1674#comment-76863 I've discovered that in many cases, context-sensitive advertisements actually inform researchers instead of distracting them. I’ve discovered that in many cases, context-sensitive advertisements actually inform researchers instead of distracting them.

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